Basic fibroblast growth factor,albumin, and transferrin purified from rat rhodamine fibrosarcoma tissue are all essential for growth of primary tumor cells from the same tissue in serum-free medium |
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Authors: | Yoshinobu Nagao Katsuzo Nishikawa |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, 920-02 Ishikawa, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Primary Rhodamine fibrosarcoma (RdF) cells from rats were shown to grow in serum-free medium supplemented with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), albumin, and transferrin, all of which were purified from RdF tissue. Their growth rate with these supplements was similar to that of cells in medium supplemented with calf serum. bFGF purified from RdF tissue (Rd-bFGF), which was previously designated as DNA synthesis factor, stimulated the growth of primary RdF cells maximally at 30 ng/ml in the presence of the other two proteins. Albumin and transferrin were separated from partially purified tumor growth stimulating activity which was previously shown to stimulate growth of primary RdF cells in serum-free medium. The albumin (RdA) and transferrin (RdT) found in the extract of RdF tissue were not due simply to contamination of the tissue with blood, but to their accumulations in the tissue. The growth stimulatory activities of RdA and RdT on primary RdF cells in serum-free medium were maximal at 30 and 10 μg/ml, respectively. These results suggest that Rd-bFGF, RdA, and RdT, all of which accumulate in the tumor tissue, are essential for growth of RdF cells in the tissue. This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for cancer research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. |
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Keywords: | tumor cells serum-free culture basic FGF albumin transferrin tumor tissue |
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